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Why Being Great Isn’t Good Enough
The Netflix series, Chef’s Table, is on the face of it, stories about great chefs their, food and their restaurants. What makes those stories so compelling is …
“Without Love I am Nothing”
True story: This line came out of an original drawing I gave to Bill Gates, the first time I ever visited Microsoft campus in Redmond. I …
Why every business needs entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurial mindset is still misunderstood by many non-entrepreneurs. It is really a truth seeking, growth focused mental model that is fixated getting things done. Not just …
Blaze your own trail
The famous Long Island band, The Stray Cats got their breakout moment in 1980, when on a whim, they sold all their stuff and flew to London, …
Innovation is the sincerest form of flattery
Don’t worry: you’re not the first one to have a really creative idea that’s mostly someone else’s idea with a few tweaks. That’s innovation. For …
Be Useful, Be Grateful
Our friend, Joe Polish, is the founder of Genius Network, and is one of those people that everyone loves. He is generous, giving and elevates everyone …
The one and only way to get accurate engagement data
Something is going on. It’s huge and it is impacting all of us. All of the conventional ways of ‘listening’ to people aren’t working and …
Inspiring Future Leaders
How do you teach a child how to lead? Being a leader is not about being a boss. It’s definitely not about telling people …
How To Be Creative
From my 2009 bestseller, “Ignore Everybody”: Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten. Then when you hit puberty they take …
The Next Big Disruption
The Gapingvoid team and I have collaborated on projects over the last decade focused on startups, corporate culture and innovation and audience engagement. Every now …
Inclusion – It’s the American way
In these times of political whack-a-mole, it’s good to remember that we Americans are, at our core, a nation of immigrants. Different peoples, different drums. …
Leadership Informs Culture
‘In this White House, it’s simply not in our DNA. Truthful and transparent is great, but we don’t even have a coherent strategy to obfuscate.’ – …
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